Excel Text Functions You'll Find Helpful

Excel's text functions are very helpful when you're working with names, addresses, customer lists, or any other text-based data. Here is list of Excel functions associated with text, along with a description of what each function does:

Function

Description

LEFT

Extracts one or more characters from the left side of a text
string

RIGHT

Extracts one or more characters from the right side of a text
string

MID

Extracts characters from the middle of a text string; you
specify which character position to start from and how many
characters to include